Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Shakespeare
In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they're not.
Anonymous
Sometimes I think the only universal in the computing field is the fetch-execute cycle.
Alan J. Perlis
It is easier to port a shell than a shell script.
Larry Wall
Rules are for the obedience of the inexperienced and the guidance of the wise.
Anonymous
The computer is the ultimate polluter: its feces are indistinguish- able from the food it produces.
Alan J. Perlis
Good judgement is the result of experience ... Experience is the result of bad judgement.
Fred Brooks
C is quirky, flawed and an enormous success.
Dennis Ritchie
Weeks of coding can save you hours of planning.
Anonymous
The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That's where we come in; we're computer professionals. We cause accidents.
Nathaniel Borenstein